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Installing Adabas Manager on Windows

This document describes how to install Adabas Manager on Windows systems. Prior to attempting the installation, verify that you have met all of the requirements described in Platform Coverage and Prerequisites.

The section contains the following topics:


Installing Adabas Manager

Start of instruction setTo install Adabas Manager in a Windows environment:

  1. Install Entire Net-Work Client if it has not already been installed at your site. For complete information on Entire Net-Work Client, including its installation and prerequisites, read Entire Net-Work Client Administration.

  2. Insert the Adabas Manager distribution medium into your drive. It should not be removed from the drive until the installation is completed.

    If the Windows Autorun mode is active (this is the default), the installation will start automatically. If it does not, locate and run the setup.exe file found in the root directory of the distribution medium or in the dir subdirectory on the medium.

If the installation is successful, the InstallShield Wizard Complete panel appears.

If for any reason the installation is not successful, you will receive one of several possible error messages. Contact your local distributor for information about customer support services.

Note:
If the installation fails, it is likely that some parts of the product will have been installed. Therefore, before you attempt to install Adabas Manager again, run the installation program to remove it.

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Uninstalling Adabas Manager on Windows

This section describes how to uninstall Adabas Manager in a Windows environment.

Notes:

  1. Uninstalling will not remove any files that were not originally installed by the Adabas Manager installation tool. For example, files modified, expanded, moved, or introduced after installation must be removed manually.
  2. Uninstalling will stop Adabas Manager.

Start of instruction setTo uninstall Adabas Manager on Windows:

  1. Go to Start/Settings/Control Panel.

  2. Select Add/Remove Programs.

  3. Select Software AG Adabas Manager 7.7.3 and click Change/Remove.

    The InstallShield Wizard is invoked.

  4. Select Remove on the Welcome panel and click Next. Click OK for any verification messages.

    The Setup Status panel appears on which you can watch the progress of the uninstallation.

  5. When the uninstallation has completed, the Finish panel appears. Click Finish to end the uninstallation.

Alternatively, when you try to install this version of the product, the InstallShield automatically detects whether another version is already installed and prompts you to remove it.

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